Big Blue Bubble (try saying that five times fast) has launched the Android version of their popular Burn the Rope application today. Burn the Rope is one of the top games on iOS, and with good reason; once you pick up this addictive platform puzzler, you’ll be hard pressed to put it down.

Burn the Rope is a free application (with an in-app premium option we assume ditches the ads) that features an impressive 112 levels at launch, with a promise from Big Blue Bubble that more are on the way soon. The included levels are both fun and challenging, and there’s also a user-submitted level of the day in case you finish the included levels before the new ones arrive.

Time will tell whether Burn the Rope is good enough to become one of the top casual games for Android, but the potential is certainly there. After spending 15 minutes with the game, I’m already feeling the urge to go back for more.

Burn the Rope is available on the Android Market for most Android 1.6+ devices. We did notice this application is not available on the Motorola Xoom tablet (and possibly other Honeycomb tablets) and could not be found on HTC’s Thunderbolt. If you notice other devices, be sure to update us by leaving a comment below. If Burn the Rope does work on your device, let us know what you think of it in the comments.

By “laid it out in black and white” you mean they rushed to add a single line AFTER the numerous complaints, right? It wasn’t there when I wrote that comment. Plus it explains sending and intercepting SMS, but there’s no clear reason for reading or editing.

Can’t find it on my G2X running 2.3.3 leak rooted. Went to market.android.com and tried to push it and it shows that the G2X and my Transformer are NOT supported yet the description clearly states Android 1.6 and up. Looks like something is definitely amiss.

I have no issue with in app purchases (although I wish there was a rule that market listings had to display if an app uses in app purchasing, and what those purchases are for as well as the cost – I’m sick of seeing “FREE” apps that are almost useless without spending a fortune on in-app purcahses), but using an in-app purchase system that needs to send & read my smses means that this is a no-go for me.
Shame – the game looked interesting.

You people need to start living your lives and stop worrying what everyone else may or may not do to u….none of us are that interesting, even tho mommy tells you different….its a hard adjustment, i know….you’ll get over it, or put a gun in your mouth someday…its not outside the realm of possibilities.

i have never , ever, since day 5 with my G1 looked at or became worried about why an app needs a particular permission because its stupid to be worried. The dev is not some nefarious criminal looking to get in your undies, or break into your house (see above “none of us are that interesting” comment above) in fact if some poor crimnal were to read your personal sms messages, theyd be the one putting a gun in their mouths, just to escape the pure stupidity the 20sumthing generation radiates daily……cell phone radiation ?? im not worried about that, im worried about stupid radiation, catching the stupid germ…..scary

so my point is, its moronic, and stupid to worry about app permissions….if youre that worried you should pull a “john connor” and go off the grid, no cell phone, no gps, no facebook,and dont go outside because of all the cameras……cuz there are better ways for someone to get your personal info then slipping in a dubious permission in a smartphone app….think about it logically.